Four plants will begin operating next year, one in April
2014 and the last in January 2015, the company said in a
statement today. Power from the facilities will be sold to local
utilities, according to the statement, which didn’t disclose
financial terms.

The plants will be built in Mie, Hokkaido, Okayama, Miyagi,
Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures.